By Kiera McDonald & Emma Colton, Fox News | Patriotism is taking the spotlight at the Kennedy Center in the nation’s capital. The National Symphony Orchestra will kick off every show in its 2025–2026 season by performing the national anthem in honor of America’s 250th birthday, Fox News Digital learned.
“The National Symphony should be playing the National Anthem,” Kennedy Center President, Ambassador Richard Grenell said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
The new tradition for the season follows the Kennedy Center’s celebration of the National Symphony Orchestra’s 95th anniversary with a gala in September, which featured music director Gianandrea Noseda, and works by famed composers Aaron Copland and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The event raised $3.45 million, breaking an all-time fundraising record, Fox News Digital previously reported.
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Fox News Digital’s Cortney O’Brien contributed to this report.
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